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  • Rakesh Madhava

6 Ways Litigation Support Makes Attorneys Better
6 Ways Litigation Support Makes Attorneys Better 1000 667 Rakesh Madhava

Litigation support delivers a real boost to your firm’s productivity enabling attorneys to focus on delivering great legal work. When lawyers have access to great technology support, it helps win new clients, deliver strategic advantages in litigation, and ultimately can add to a firm’s bottom line. For smaller firms, litigation support is a force multiplier,…

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  • Amanda Fong

7 Essential Tools for Trial Prep and Presentation
7 Essential Tools for Trial Prep and Presentation 1251 835 Amanda Fong

In today’s courtroom, legal teams are expected to present complex information quickly, clearly, and with precision. That’s where trial prep and presentation software comes in – designed to equip attorneys with powerful tools that help them build a persuasive case, prepare thoroughly, and present compellingly. These tools not only boost efficiency but also ensure that…

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The Key to Curbing Cost Pressures of Big Data: Early Data Assessment
  • Michael Beumer

The Key to Curbing Cost Pressures of Big Data: Early Data Assessment
The Key to Curbing Cost Pressures of Big Data: Early Data Assessment 1200 700 Michael Beumer

Early Data Assessment is your secret weapon against cost increases from big data in ediscovery. Legal data volumes have exploded in our modern digital age – which can translate to huge cost increases if not handled properly. It’s more important than ever for legal teams to make strategic decisions at the outset of a case…

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ediscovery-collections-guide
  • Michael Beumer

A Best Practices Guide for Managing Ediscovery Collections
A Best Practices Guide for Managing Ediscovery Collections 1000 437 Michael Beumer

Are you directing your ediscovery collections with maximum efficiency and speed? Data collection can be the most complex and technically rigorous of all ediscovery phases. It involves the extraction of potentially relevant electronically stored information (ESI) from its native source into a separate, secure repository for review. The collection process should be comprehensive without being over-inclusive. It…

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Deposition & Motion Practice Webinar
  • Michael Beumer

Webinar: Collaboration Tips for Deposition and Motion Prep
Webinar: Collaboration Tips for Deposition and Motion Prep 1000 667 Michael Beumer

Daniel D’Angelo – Nextpoint This free, recorded webinar  gives you everything you need for deposition preparation. After the review and production phases of discovery are complete, a lot of people must collaboratively work with produced evidence to prepare a strong case. Keeping them coordinated is often a challenge, particularly when you’re working with expert witnesses…

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Winning the 26(f) Meet and Confer
  • Tricia Boguslawski

Ediscovery Planning: Winning the Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer
Ediscovery Planning: Winning the Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer 1200 700 Tricia Boguslawski

Download this Rule 26(f) Conference Checklist to walk through all the questions you need to consider to prepare for the Meet and Confer. With proper planning, you can ensure that ediscovery is a smooth process. Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that parties meet early in a litigation to negotiate an…

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security for attorneys
  • Michael Beumer

5 Security Tips for Lawyers Working Online
5 Security Tips for Lawyers Working Online 1000 667 Michael Beumer

As long as attorney work requires access to the sensitive personal records of end clients, law firms will always be a top target for hackers. SaaS software typically offers greater security and less maintenance than locally installed products. But, users share some basic responsibility for keeping client data secure. As an attorney, this is part…

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Attorney Ethics Cloud Computing
  • Michael Beumer

Does Legal Cloud Computing Create Ethical Issues for Attorneys?
Does Legal Cloud Computing Create Ethical Issues for Attorneys? 1000 667 Michael Beumer

As is often the case with new technologies, the concept of storing legal data in the cloud battled its share of skeptics before it gained wide acceptance from vendors and law firms alike. Let’s face it, the imagery it conjures up isn’t great (clouds seem pretty out in the open), and for the technophobic, there…

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  • Michael Beumer

Nextpoint Sponsors Human Rights Watch CLE
Nextpoint Sponsors Human Rights Watch CLE 150 150 Michael Beumer

Nextpoint is proud to be sponsoring a unique CLE credit opportunity next week for Chicago attorneys, produced by global nonprofit Human Rights Watch. From noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, we’ll be sponsoring “U.S. Immigration Policy and the ‘Other’ Refugee Crisis,” an HRW law symposium at the Weinberg-Newton Gallery in River North. Lunch will…

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Legal cloud security standards
  • Michael Beumer

LCCA Sets New Cloud Security Standards for Legal
LCCA Sets New Cloud Security Standards for Legal 1920 1080 Michael Beumer

Cybersecurity and protection of privileged client data are vital concerns in the legal industry. The ABA Model Rules impose a duty on lawyers to use reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to client data and recently made related changes to address the advances of technology. Today at ABA TECHSHOW, leaders from six legal cloud computing…

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